Assets seized at Rome tourist port, four arrested

(ANSA) - Rome, July 29 - Finance police on Wednesday seized assets worth around 400 million euros at Rome's tourist port (Porto Turistico di Roma) in the seaside suburb of Ostia and enforced arrest warrants four people, ANSA sources said. The operation is the result of a probe into a criminal organisation allegedly headed by Mauro Balini, a well-known businessman and the president of the Rome tourist port. Among the assets seized were yachts, boat berths, car parks, administrative facilities, shops and other areas of the port.